Take control of your body by understanding and addressing the causes of your back pain. Contact Ophelia to enjoy a pain-free active life. The evidence based approach to rehabilitating your low back pain
Having experienced Sciatic pain in my right leg for 3 months, and following a diagnostic MRI scan showing a disc extrusion at L4/L5( causing neural compression), I had given up my regular swimming, Pilates and walking activities. I had received treatment from a Physiotherapist and an Osteopath( prior to diagnosis) and had also had a referral on the NHS. I am generally an active, outdoorsy sort of person and wanted to regain my activity levels…
Over many years I have struggled with chronic and debilitating back pain, and tried all sorts of treatments, including surgeries and physiotherapy. Eventually, the time came for further surgical intervention. The surgeon erred toward an interbody fusion (a surgical procedure used to stabilise and fuse vertebrae in the spine, often to relieve pain and improve mobility). But he decided first to undertake another spinal decompression surgery….
I’ve always thought of myself as being reasonably fit, but I’ve never been big on regular exercise, so finding a personal trainer felt a little unusual to put it bluntly! However, after some searching online I discovered Ophelia‘s personal training and saw that she was a specialist in lower back rehabilitation, which was exactly what I needed. I went to see Ophelia for an initial consultation and she explained all about the McGill technique and finding my pain triggers…
I was saddened for the back pain-suffering public to read an article in The Times claiming that nothing works to address low back pain. I have worked with several clients over the last 18 months since I qualified as a McGill Practitioner, to help them resolve their low back pain and have the evidence that this is not true…..
The Peter Attia Drive is a deep-dive podcast focusing on maximizing longevity, and all that goes into that from physical to cognitive to emotional health.
In this episode, Chris sat down with Stu McGill and Marc Surdyka. Stu provided more context surrounding his previous podcast interview with Peter Attia in addition to our recent episode discussing some of Stu’s claims during his conversation with Peter.
Never having back issues I struggled to accept what was happening and so continued to do everything I used to do such as: going the gym, sitting for long periods in work without a break and underestimating the importance of moving correctly.
My approach to helping clients become pain free has been revolutionised by the research of Professor Stuart McGill (www.backfitpro.com) – the world’s leading authority on low back pathologies and head of Spinal Biomechanics at the University of Waterloo in Canada.
